Picture of the day for July 13, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 13, 2018: Arches in the interior of the church of Holy Mother of God Narthex within the Sanahin Monastery complex, Lori Province, Armenia. Sanahin literally translates from Armenian as “this one is older than that one”, presumably representing a claim to having an older monastery than the neighbouring …
Wikipedia article of the day for July 13, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
The Wikipedia article of the day for July 13, 2018 is Euryoryzomys emmonsae. Euryoryzomys emmonsae, Emmons’s rice rat, is a rodent from the Amazon rainforest of Brazil in the genus Euryoryzomys of the family Cricetidae. Initially misidentified as E. macconnelli or E. nitidus, it was formally described in 1998. A ground-dwelling rainforest species, it may also be …
Picture of the day for July 13, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 13, 2018: Arches in the interior of the church of Holy Mother of God Narthex within the Sanahin Monastery complex, Lori Province, Armenia. Sanahin literally translates from Armenian as “this one is older than that one”, presumably representing a claim to having an older monastery than the neighbouring …
Apple announces $300 million fund for clean energy in China
Tonight Apple announced a new partnership that will connect its suppliers in China to renewable energy sources. This isn’t its first push to increase the use of clean energy in the country that has been called the world’s most polluting, but it does increase the scale. Along with ten suppliers, the company will jointly invest …
Olimpiadi invernali a Milano: il Coni convoca il Comune per una analisi tecnica, e pensa a una decisione finale per il 1 agosto
L’ipotesi delle Olimpiadi invernali del 2026 a Milano registra una accelerazione: il 16 luglio prossimo il Coni ha infatti convocato a Roma i rappresentanti del Comune per una analisi tecnica del “dossier Milano” e per stabilire punto per punto gli eventuali passi da compiere. Toccherà all’assessora comunale allo Sport, Roberta Guaineri, illustrare i contenuti e …
Machine learning boosts Swiss startup’s shot at human-powered land speed record
The current world speed record for riding a bike down a straight, flat road was set in 2012 by a Dutch team, but the Swiss have a plan to topple their rivals — with a little help from machine learning. An algorithm trained on aerodynamics could streamline their bike, perhaps cutting air resistance by enough …
The best smart home devices for 2018
The best smart home devices will turn your dumb home into a smart hub, one that can turn on lights when you enter a room, lock your doors for you, or play music with a simple voice command. Setting up your smart home can be as basic as putting a smart speaker in your living …
Elon Musk’s Flint Water Plan Misses the Point
Wednesday afternoon, on the heels of his belated effort to rescue a youth soccer team from a Thai cave with a tiny submarine, Elon Musk promised to fix another seemingly intractable problem. “Please consider this a commitment that I will fund fixing the water in any house in Flint that has water contamination above FDA …